The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is accepting applications for its 2024 Health Policy Research Scholars.
Donor Name: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/07/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 4 Years
Details:
Health Policy Research Scholars (HPRS) is a four-year national leadership development program for full-time doctoral students from nonclinical, research-focused disciplines in which policy is a key lever for change (e.g., urban planning; political science; economics; anthropology; education; social work; sociology). HPRS is designed for students who are committed to ensuring their research is aligned with the health needs of communities. The program is focused on doctoral students who want to improve health, well-being, and equity; challenge longstanding, entrenched systems; exhibit new ways of working; collaborate across disciplines and sectors; and bolster their leadership skills. By providing training in health policy, how to think strategically, and how to craft an actionable research question that can inform solutions to advance health equity—as well as mentorship, career and leadership coaching—HPRS will develop a new community of research leaders who will build a Culture of Health in their disciplines and communities.
Goals
After completing the HPRS program, the scholar should:
- Have extensive knowledge of a Culture of Health, health equity, health policy, leadership, systems change, and communication.
- Have the capacity to exercise individual and collective leadership.
- Be able to apply research and interdisciplinary collaboration skills to engage multiple sectors (e.g., policy, education, business, communities, institutions, and agencies) to effectively translate research findings that will inform and influence policy to advance a Culture of Health.
- Use strategies to leverage diverse interdisciplinary networks of researchers.
- Establish meaningful and sustained relationships and collaborations with HPRS and other RWJF leadership programs and program participants.
- Contribute to research and a national dialogue on the policy changes necessary for a Culture of Health, including the dismantling of structural racism.
Funding Information
- Award funds: $30,000 per year for up to four years or until recipient completes their doctoral program (whichever is sooner).
- Administrative fee: Home institutions receive an administrative fee of $1,000 per year ($4,000 in total) to the grant amount to cover the administrative costs of managing the award.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be starting full-time, second-year doctoral studies in fall 2024 at a degree-granting institution based in the United States or its territories. Applicants must remain full time while enrolled in HPRS;
- Applicants must have at least three academic years remaining in their doctoral program and not expect to graduate before spring/summer 2027;
- Applicants must be from historically marginalized backgrounds and be able to describe how their background, identity, or lived experiences have positioned them to contribute to the goals of the program. Examples of marginalized backgrounds include, but are not limited to, first-generation college graduates; individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds; individuals from communities of color; and individuals with disabilities. If an applicant is applying because they have a marginalized background not listed above, the applicant must clearly describe how they meet the eligibility criteria in the application form;
- Applicants cannot be a recipient of a national fellowship program that prohibits participation in additional programs such as HPRS. Applicants should make sure to check the policies of other fellowships;
- Applicants must be at least 21 years old as of September 1, 2024;
- Federal, state, tribal, and local government employees are eligible to apply unless they are considered government officials under Section 4946 of the Internal Revenue Code;
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or individuals granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Status or Temporary Protected Status (TPS) by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the time of application. As federal policy or laws change, we may need to consider adjustments in eligibility and grant terms;
- Individual candidates for receipt of award funds cannot be related by blood or marriage to any Officer, Manager, or Trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, or be a descendant of its founder, Robert Wood Johnson.
For more information, visit RWJF.
